Psychotherapies

Question 1

What is psychoanalysis useful for treating?

Answer 1

Cluster B and C personality disorders, anxiety disorders, problems coping with life events, sexual disorders, persistent depressive disorders. It is best suited for patients who are not psychotic, intelligent, and stable in relationships and daily living.

Question 2

What is abreaction?

Answer 2

The expression and consequent release of a previously repressed emotion, achieved through reliving the experience that caused it (typically through hypnosis or suggestion).

Question 3

What is universalization?

Answer 3

The awareness that the patient is not alone or unique in his or her suffering and that others share similar symptoms and difficulties - part of group therapy.

Question 4

What is multiple transference?

Answer 4

Happens in group therapy - the projections of feelings, thoughts, and wishes that belong to the patients’ past experiences onto other group members and the group leaders

Question 5

What can family members do to help schizophrenic relapses?

Answer 5

Teach them to reduce expressed emotions when interacting with the schizophrenic family member (schizophrenic patients tend to relapse when exposed to the intense negative emotions of family members).

Question 6

What is the treatment of choice for adjustment disorder?

Answer 6

Psychotherapy